8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

The 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a Union Army cavalry regiment which was active from 18 September 1861 to 17 July 1865 during the American Civil War. It was assembled at St. Charles, Illinois, and it was attached to the Army of the Potomac during the war, with its first action being the Battle of Williamsburg in 1862 and its last being the Battle of Fort Stevens in 1865. It aided in the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in April 1865 and served as President Abraham Lincoln's honor guard at his funeral.